Marc Ribot y los Cubanos Postizos - Aurora en Pekin

[xxAoakauaxx]

I transcribed a bunch of Marc Ribot's Tunes ! (Variation 1, Delancey Waltz, Empty, Postcard from N.Y., Kivah, Merengue) and Bill Frisell's too (Probability Cloud Pt 2, Abidan on smugglersfield blog spot !

[marakujjja]

that turns me on!

[dimsylsodium]

Brilliant performance and very watchable video by Marc Ribot. Worth viewing a few times to catch all those beautifully timed precussive moments as well as simply enjoying Marc's playing..

[dariaE]

this gives me a total boner. And I'm a girl.

[colgatesmile123]

anytime i take myself in thinking scofield is the best guitar player, I just watch this video. This man is fantastic.

[BOOTSYGetLIVE]

This isn't a 'song' its an ENTIRE MOVIE !

Ribot Rules !

Fantastique !

[nandoh2o]

Did you listen to the 1926 original song record, by the Sexteto Boloña? It is in youtube... beautifull!!!!!!!!!!

[gombism]

wenn ER die saiten erklingen lässt, erreicht das eine unglaubliche intensität...

[camiloazula]

linda musica

[videomakkers]

:-)

[colgatesmile123]

The link to this performance is inarguably the best link on the internet in my world. Period. I cannot understand how he can play so perfectly, but he dos and I could cry listening to it.

[svengarley]

what;s the chord he plays at 1:59? Anyone?

[garmonbozia318]

@svengarley I think it's a first inversion D major decorated with a flat second. So the chord is stacked 3rd on bottom, then 5th, then flat 2nd, which falls down to the root (1.) On the d,g, and b strings it would be tabbed 4 2 4 then 4 2 3.

[E5RSY]

Guitar is a Gibson ES-125TDC (or TCD, depending on when it was made). Looks pretty much all stock, except he's changed out the tuning machines for what look like some nice Grovers, or similar.

[Skavb]

Does anybody know what Gibson he's playing here?

Looks like an ES-125TDC or maybe an ES-225

[SarahV]

@Skavb I don't know much about guitars but from an interview I know he does have an early-60s ES-225.

[Skavb]

@SarahV Thanks for your answer.

And thanks for uploading this beautiful video!

Ribot is such an inspiration

[wholeNother1017]

Looks like an ES-125TDC to me; a 225 has a bound pickguard and also fretboard binding. Ribot is such an interesting player.

[motus]

@Skavb es-125TDC is right

[niemen13]

@Skavb ES-125TDC ;)

[paulminiwaits]

@Skavb

That is a ES-125.

[sirvidia]

beautiful tone.

[epignosis567]

more

[TheodorusRex]

Stunning... Ribot is one of the best... Frisell, Metheny, Ribot... What more do you need?

[disissanchy]

@TheodorusRex

sprinkle in a little Al DiMeola and Joe Pass and thats my list of giants too ;-)

[CyberSabi]

Great Ribot !!!

[einfacheinM]

any chance to see the whole show? would really like to have this on a dvd, or cd. are you interested in trading? i can offer ribot solo in switzerland 5.3.09 only audio but good quality! or the first european concert with his new groub marc ribots sunschip. i would appreciate.. moritz

[dantreel]

Who are the people that dislike this video? are they fans of justin bieber or lady gaga?

[briteness]

Marc Ribot is my favorite living guitarist. Very fine performance here. Go Fake Cubans!

[aleccullen]

I saw him and David Hidalgo at Sydney Opera House last night...fantastic!!!

[programator1964]

nice

[quarrelsomeness]

i listen to this every single day. Man... can you hear his emotions?!?!?!? FCUK!!! so deep and breath taking.

[bizarraaa]

fucking amazing

[maidoodesu]

so nice ! です.

[eccentric4u]

I bought the cd & also cant stop listening to this song either, i wish I could play it, not just the 1st few measures..

[pettrucciisgod]

@eccentric4u What CD is this?

[SarahV]

@pettrucciisgod It's from their self-titled CD - Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos.

[mifleegler]

Like watching a painter and their brush.

[einfacheinM]

guitargod!

[TheVibroboy]

la classe :)

[direquefernand71]

Nice play!!!

Can you post the tabs?

Just kidding...

[disissanchy]

@direquefernand71

I spit my drink out laughing at this one hahahah

[4578a]

@disissanchy I spit my drink in your face for disrepecting a great musician like Marc ribot, besides he has way funnier stuff than this.

[fivenotechord]

Simply exquisite - "para sonreír a través de los rasgones..."

[morrismale]

ascoltate il ballo di s. vito di capossela

[JustLeoo]

Di Vinicio su questo genere in realtá io consiglierei il Tanco del Murazzo

[wseaqyght34217]

excelente liberdade total.......

[SamueleVenturin]

grazie !! è semplicemente meraviglioso

[larsofo]

does anyone have the whole show?

[cammayhue]

timing and texture, this is a panty dropper.

[karl198]

Soul.

[nuke97]

Tom Waits knows a good player when he hears one thats for sure.

[crookedshit]

idd

[ryanaaxxx]

Despite the fact that people aren't perhaps familiar with the clave patterns, it is also played SO immensely slow. Which I personally find amazing, but it is definitely easier to hear when the tempo is notched up a bit. Any cuban music grazing the surface of mainstream is probably heard a lot more uptempo, a "latin flair" and excitement people might expect

[RorschachPT]

lol dont ruin the man's music... try to listen to music not to just hear it.probably you're a douche that thinks he's an expert in music cause he can read it... but clearly music is intended for the soul... i gotta go with the othe ppl in here... That descibe it in few words cause music doesnt necessarily have to be simple but its interpretation should =)

[froodgoose]

The whole concert this is part of is amazing... absolutely brilliant is what it is!

[siliapsyhi]

since i got this album i cannot spend a single day without listening to this song....

so erotic...so painful

he's a legend....

[nenow2]

achei animal !

[palandi]

achei sem graça

[tishomingoblues]

I love this!!!

[prozolachen]

CUBA + Beauty

[jeperstone]

I get this and love this! His use of silence is spot on but I understand why someone might not be ready for this.

[R2PH3TH]

pero qué cosa más buena mi negro!

[songblam]

I'd know that Vibro King bottom and vibrato, or, "tremelo" as our former King Leo would have it....

Tres bien! Nice! Sultry.....

[YaySteaks]

i watch this every few months and it tears my head off every time.

[thailow117]

so immensly deep and spot on.

[CheapMinor]

Marc Ribot rocks.. looking for a great sounding Hollowbody? check out my Hagstrom Video... Cheers

[ashmanls9]

this is amazing. ribot and the drummer feel each other so well. crazy good

[Klobotron]

Good shit

[dtaw2001]

Ribot rules!

[toxicrocks]

And this guy is from Newark New Jersey!!

[bryanswagerty]

Spectacular.

[anakarak]

I wish I could listen to this when I'm diyng.

[currostar]

bravo marc eres grande

[drubicle]

the passion ribot portrays in this song is enough to make you cry

[plantyman]

aguante mark robot y por su puesto el mas grande MARIO MARINI...CARAJO!!

[dalidylan]

oh fuck yeah baby@ i love that shit!

[weebie2004]

hey billygimp what the drummer is doing is known as the clave in cuban music. it is the "key" rhythmically speaking. the entire spine of most cuban music and always done in a 3-2 or 2-3 pattern. here its a 3-2. however what your noticing is the loose nature of a lot of cuban music. yea the drummer is dragging a lot but thats a lot of the aesthetic of the style the way a good hiphop drummer is not about crazy beats but the feel.

[zombietim]

Marc Ribot is like ... This is the finest I've ever heard.

[billygimp]

oh man, as much as I can understand what he's doing the drummer tapping his sticks is getting on my nerves, it's really jarring in a weird way. I think it's kind of that the pulse is missing in his tapping compared to what everyone else in in sync with... drummers. sheeeeesh

[rudypea]

it is in time.

[kuba2ve]

buuuuuuuuu! Fine tune your hearing my american friend, that's Cuban rythm well played, in full synch with the music.

[BwanaTube]

Wow, sorry, but could your inability to *get it* be any more spectacular? Two words: Arsenio Rodrigeuz. Look it up, and listen. Your comment is like complaining that delta blues players aren't using equal-tempered tuning. Well your comment was seven months ago, and you've probably already learned to dig this stuff, so I should lighten up and get over it.

[ianxi]

Ribot is so punk rock!

[Bhaktigirl]

This is really nice. I just discovered Marc through the new Robert Plant/Alison Krauss cd, and I love the sound of his playing....

Some of his stuff is a bit far out for me, but I love the Cubanos stuff...

[ZachRhea]

Yeah that is kind of a hard way to get introduced to Marc. He's all over the place. However, I'm assuming that the Krauss/Plant cd might have just been easy money for him. Who knows though. Maybe he actually liked it.

[bobbelibob]

That album was fantastic. The T Bone Burnett sound is amazing. I don't think it was easy money. Listen to it. It has the same feeling and sound as this number.

[GuitarScorp]

Marc Ribot... I like to think of Marc as the Godfather of Latin Twang with this tune and El Gaucho Rojo.

Got both Cubanos Postizos CDs and LOVE THEM! They are real gems. I wish Marc would produce more like them.

[guillaumestl]

Superbe performance par un grand musicien. Merci.

[decarissimo]

Amazing!!!Ribot is my favorite guitar player.I'm glad i heard some of his work apart from Zorn.

[smegghiggins]

my friend wanted me to go see the mexican white stripes, and i was like, "fuck that, if i want to see that, i'll go to thailand, and get the real thing."

[saemj]

Thanks for uploading, this is truely a great performance of my favorite Song of The Cubanos Postizos. The intro sends shivers down my spine again and again.

[tubular2006]

This is music for pretentious hipsters that have never left Williamsburg. Get out and see a bit of the world folks. Mexico might be a good place to start if you want to hear the real thing.

[SarahV]

This is a cover of an Alfredo Boloña song. He was Cuban. I'm not sure why you'd want to visit Mexico to see a "real" version of his music... did you think this was a really bad mariachi band or something?

[tubular2006]

I stand corrected - but you made my point for me.

[SarahV]

If your point is that you're a little bit ignorant... then yes, I guess I did. You're welcome.

[ZachRhea]

Good show my friend. I hate when people think Mexican and Cuban music sound the same.

[JDMRTN342]

@SarahV - I laughed so hard over your response. Thanks. I just had this cd out and wanted to see if there was a "live pretentious hipster" variation of it. Made my day.

[Ahab78]

Haha! Awesome reply!

[operasinger61904]

oh i'm sorry we like something that you don't. We didn't mean to hurt your feelings or offend you or anything. We'll be sure not to listen to it anymore just so you can be happy. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[JoshLevier]

@tubular2006 hey, news flash people like to hate other people. no body sits around and thinks "that guy is right, i saw this video to be a pretentious hipster" learn to walk before you run. in your case its probably to late. and besides its all just noise any way you cool fool.

[coy0te9]

@tubular2006

which is of course why he was performing at a festival in one of the most ethnically diverse areas in France, they've never left Williamsburg.

[patharelives]

@tubular2006 The "real thing"? That just sounds like more talk from people that seem to think no good music was made after 1960. Sure, the old stuff is fantastic, but music needs to keep moving and evolving. I feel sorry for folks that live in a musical bubble.

[BOYDDAWLER]

marc ribot is a tone monster. like no other. screaming humbuckers and tubes. pure tones. ripping tones. what do you bring?

[Raindogs111]

Ribot plays llike he's possessed! And that is a very good thing.

[krejzimicz]

music sic!

[squaredewey]

word

[joaquin215]

what DVD documentary? This is absolutely killin'! and I would love to get the full DVD.

[valentynesuite]

simply a poet

[guellguell]

I allways liked this piece of music.

But live and as a clip it is brilliant.

He is unbelievable.

Tahnak s for posting!!!

[guellguell]

This strange word means "thanks"...

;-)

[pco2004]

SarahV - thanks for the tip on the DVD documentary. I bought the dvd and it's amazing. Support this artist as much as you can and buy the dvd, it's highly recommended & try to see him play if you can.  I live in nyc and have been seeing him play for close to 10 years already. he's always doing new projects and offering us new concepts. His music truly transgresses all idioms.

[undeadninja]

He's done some amazing work with Tom Waits and John Zorn as well. This guy is truely gifted. The music speaks for itself.

[rdavis88]

Don't forget Elvis Costello

[marshallpb]

I've been a fan for years ever since getting my hands on this album. Finally got to see him at Bonnaroo a few years, absolutely incredible show, pls send more if you have them.

[jejesus]

So raw, so fine.

[sorete4]

marc is one of the best musician contemporanies

[klarkash]

Jaw, this is floor. Floor, jaw.

[dopo]

oh my god, fantastic, I don't believe this!

[dopo]

oh my god, fantastic, I don't believe this!

[Ohgr]

Incredible Guitarist, his album "Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos" is amazing.